The New Challenges

In 2012 Tracey and I embarked on a series of challenges to raise money for The Haemophilia Society. We had great fun doing it and both felt very fit. So, as we both were slogging up the Mound in the Edinburgh 10 mile run recently, we remarked on how unfit we both were compared to then!

And so Two Tackle Three was resurrected!

Two Tackle Three Take Two (AKA 2T3T2) will see us take on three new challenges each which are crazier and tougher than the first three (although Ventoux was quite tough). We will raise money for an Edinburgh Charity called The Yard. The Yard is a purpose built indoor and outdoor adventure playground for children and young people with disabilities.

Tracey and I have a few links with this amazing facility. One being it has close links with the Childhood Practice Team at Edinburgh College and the second being my late husband, Alistair was involved in providing the yard with their cut down working traffic light, through the BBC Children in Need project, The Big Build.

So Tracey's challenges are -

St Mary Loch Standard Distance Triathlon, Aberfeldy Half Ironman, Glencoe Half Marathon.

And Jane's are -

Windermere Half Marathon, The Moonwalk and the Glencoe Marathon.

We will also be taking part in a variety of other events in preparation for our big challenges.

Our blog will make a welcome return, so you can keep up with our training antics! So please keep up to date. We will let you know soon how you can sponsor us to raise a shed load of cash for The Yard.

Jane and Tracey (Team 2T3T2)

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/2T3T2


Friday 13 January 2012

Janey's biking blether

Had my first brick session today and I am absolutely knackered! I swam 880m in 22 mins and then whizzed home to jump on my sparkly white bike for a 45 min session on the turbo trainer. What have we let ourselves in for Tracey????? I think I will be fine if I have transition times of around 15 mins with a wee sit down and a bit of cake (to quote Sarah Millican).

Anyway, the swim was okay, I was getting tired towards the end mainly because I had to keep swimming round two ladies who swam their length in about 10 mins and kept stopping in the middle to have a wee blether. They were so funny, they had swim caps on which had wee fluffy flowers on them - you know the old fashioned kind!! LOL. 

Got home and put Outnumbered on the tv, climbed on my bike and watched two episodes as I cycled, sure helps with the monotony of cycling in the one place for 45 mins. Ben and Karen are so funny :) My legs were quite tired at the beginning of my cycle but I got into a decent enough rhythm eventually, not the fastest ever but I never find a brick session very fast at the beginning. Once I got off the bike my legs were dead wobbly, will need to practice bike to run also.

Anyway, sitting down now with a cup of tea and Friends on the tv. Bliss (sitting down that is). :)

don't worry, be happy :)


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